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With only a short amount of time for construction on-site, SOA Soler Orozco Arquitectos took a different route with this weekend house in Morelos, México. Casa Molina is a prefabricated structure built off-site and transported to the plot of land by a freight truck. The structure was completed in the workshop, along with light roofing, electrical, partial plumbing, and preliminary finishes for the floor, wall, and ceiling in the bathroom areas. While the house was being fabricated, the foundation was laid in preparation for moving day.
The residence is made up of modules that span 7.2 meters by 2.4 meters, which allow for road transport. Inside, the home includes two bedrooms, two full bathrooms, and a common covered terrace for year-round use.
Once the modules made it to the site they were assembled and doors and windows were installed. To complete the job, exterior stone was added, as well as the bathroom fixtures, lighting, and the finishing details.
Photos by Cesar Béjar.
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Demietris on 02.07.2018 at 08:03 AM
So there’s NO kitchen? It’d be helpful to understand the client’s perspective on how property is used, to the reader. The home clearly has a purpose for outdoor entertaining. As a reader with an architectural background, I’d like to see the following to better understand the project.
1. Siteplan: understand the environment (weather) & orientation of building. Perhaps aerial photos?
2. Use floor plan prints to help reader better understand the building’s logic for it’s purposeful layout. By the way, great shots of the materials & lighting!
3. With a home like this, it’d be nice to see the best view you can provide of the underside of the building. I think this would help the reader better understand how the challenges of plumbing & electrical were met. This can also be done using a section drawing (combine architectural, plumbing, & electrical). Perhaps a photo during prefab construction.
I really like the article. It was a great tease of how you showcased the materials, lighting, site.
Juan Soler on 10.08.2018 at 17:31 PM
hello Demietris,
great comments…
in this link you can find a video of the dismounting process at the shop, trasnportation, and then assembly… mostly structure.
https://onnisluque.com/videos/casa-molina/
regards
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